OK, apparently everyone on NBC is calling the USA basketball team the "Redeem Team" because of America's non-gold medal finishes in the last couple of Olympics and other world basketball tournaments.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccccckkkkkkk that noise. What a stupid ass name. I'm referring to them as the Dream Team 2.0 and nothing else. Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul AND Deron Williams all on the same team? Yeah, they ain't out for redemption -- they're out for domination.
Anyway, I'm off to watch Team USA vs. China right now. Get ready to feel the pain, Yao Ming. Also a nice opportunity to see Sun Yue, who signed a deal to play shooting guard with the Lakers. Woo!
EDIT: Also BTW, game is on tape delay here, so obviously the game has already been played, and the winner is known. If anyone spoils the winner here, I will find you and kill you.
BTW, keep recommending Web sites to me -- I'm going through them while watching the game. Right now, I'm reading the Indecision '08 blog. Fun stuff.
EDIT2: Fun game so far, if a bit sloppy. LeBron James is a disgusting athlete. Everyone who watches the NBA knows this, but man, it's like his athleticism has been amplified in the Olympics. He had two absolutely sick blocks -- one where he practically jumped halfway up the backboard and slammed the ball against the glass, and the other where he just went, "Eh, fuck this," jumped and grabbed the ball out of the air (!!!). He also had an amazing alley-oop dunk that made me jump out of my bed.
I *heart* LeBron. (Forgot we can't use brackets here. Argh.)
EDIT3: OK, so apparently George W. Bush is one of those assholes who leaves the game early when his team is up big. What, you got some place better to be, MR. PRESIDENT? Huh??
Was impressed with how China started the game. Good 3-point shooting -- part of that was some sloppy 3-point defense by the Americans, but shitty shooters don't hit seven of their first 11 3-point shots. The U.S. team quickly clamped down defensively, though; China had a hell of a time hitting 3-point shots until garbage time.
I'm officially on the Sun Yue bandwagon. He hit some killer shots in the beginning of the game, AND he wears a red shooting sleeve, which means I am required to love him. The Lakers are now a center shy of having the ability to field an all-foreign basketball team -- Sasha Vujacic at the point, Sun Yue at shooting guard, Vladimir Radmanovic at small forward and Pau Gasol at power forward. That would rock.
